February 2, 2013 > Session III: Innovation > Roundtable 6
Panelists:
Rachel Black, PhD – Assistant professor and academic coordinator of the Gastronomy Program, Boston University
Rachel Black is an assistant professor and academic coordinator of the Gastronomy Program at Boston University. She holds a PhD in Anthropology. Her research focuses on food distribution and agricultural production in Italy. Black is the author of Porta Palazzo: Food, Place and Community at the Market (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012) and co-editor of the forthcoming Wine and Culture: Vineyard to Glass (Berg).
Rachel Greenberger – Director, Food Sol at Babson College
Rachel received her MBA from Babson College in May 2011 with a concentration in food-system innovation and launched Food Sol (for “Food Solutions”) three months later. Food Sol is an action tank supporting students and in-the-field entrepreneurs to convert their desires and ideas into positive actions for the food system. The Economist recently named Food Sol as a first in the realm of business-school hubs devoted to eater-entrepreneurs. In her spare time, Rachel writes on food innovation and “food meta-values” for Examiner.com and leverages social media to engage with concerned eaters across the globe.
Mary Ellen Hodgins PhD, MBA – President, Hodgins and Company Management Consulting
Mary Ellen is President of Hodgins and Company Management Consulting Inc. based in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada. She has over twenty-two years of consulting experience working with a variety of national and international clientele in the bio economy in areas such as competitive intelligence and strategic positioning. Mary Ellen earned a PhD in Food Policy from City University London, England. Her research explored the phenomenon of innovation and the policy environment that enables innovation, focusing on Canada’s value-added food sector as a case study.
William Hurley – Co-founder, Chaotic Moon
whurley®. If you’ve ever met him then you know that he’s brilliant. The City of Amsterdam awarded him the International Genius grant, IBM named him a Master Inventor, he’s got 11 patents to his name, and he lives on the cutting edge of tech. He co-founded Chaotic Moon Studios and co-founded iPhoneDevCamp, iPadDevCamp, and BarCampAustin alike. The work he’s doing with Augmented Reality, Open Source, Pervasive Computing, and mobile technology is a constant push to do better than yesterday. And yet he can do nothing without the developer community that he’s a part of. Instigate. Collaborate. Innovate.™ “We’re all in this together,” he says. “Let’s keep doing awesome things together.”
Elizabeth Winslow – Founder + CEO of Haymakers
Elizabeth Winslow is a professional chef and former restaurateur, a food writer, and a successful entrepreneur. She is co-founder of Farmhouse Delivery, a local produce delivery service, founder and CEO of Haymakers, which offers online resources for food entrepreneurs, and is a frequent writer for Edible Austin.
Shari Wynne – Founder + CEO, MWR Legal, Incubation Station
Shari Wynne is the Founder and CEO of MWR Legal, a law firm representing and connecting entrepreneurs, investors, start-ups and emerging companies. Ms. Wynne focuses her practice on legal-related business growth and development matters, and connection to critical resources. Ms. Wynne is also the founder of Incubation Station, an accelerator for market-validated CPG (consumer product goods) companies, which gives entrepreneurs access to vital resources needed to succeed, including dedicated mentorship from industry experts and entrepreneurs, as well as the education, connections and growth funding required for companies to achieve optimal success through rapid and sustainable growth. Ms. Wynne is an active member of the entrepreneurial eco-system, has served on numerous boards and committees helping companies achieve success, is current president of RISE: Women and is past-president of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Austin chapter.
Moderator:
Chelsea McCullough – Executive Director, Texans for Economic Progress
Chelsea McCullough brings more than 13 years of experience working with organizations that deliver innovation through technology. She has built strategic partnerships with stakeholders in both the public and private sector from early-stage start-ups to technology incubators to state government and elected leadership. Chelsea has participated in the launch of several entrepreneurial companies including NewsTaco, an online news site for Latinos; FlashValet, a mobile/web application that combines convenience with valet parking; and Vidamerica, an innovative retail company that delivers community-based services. Chelsea is the former Marketing Director for MPOWER Labs, a double bottom-line research/development incubator and business accelerator whose mission is to empower the world’s underserved. While at MPOWER, she also served as founding Program Director for RISE – an annual conference series dedicated to connecting and inspiring entrepreneurs. She has masters and bachelor degrees in Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Food, the City, and Innovation, a two-day roundtable conference at the E. A. Smith building, just west of the Blanton Museum in Austin, Texas. February 1 & 2, 2013
The Food Lab at UT and our co-host Boston University believe that the climate for innovation in the food industry could not be better. New food startups led by engineers, artists, scientists, and architects are responding to the challenge to re-invent our global food system. This conference will explore the opportunities for innovation and seek those that will benefit from the collaboration between universities, industry and our cities. Each session will include two round table discussions with a wide variety of speakers from academics, industry workers to local food entrepreneurs.
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